The personal blog of a girl named Alexa
If Elvis had not died, today would have been his 75th birthday. It makes me sad to think that he missed so much by overdosing on the drugs. I wish he had gotten the rehab and correct medical help that he needed in his last years of life while he suffered so badly from addiction and depression. It was such a waste of talent for him to die young.
Happy Birthday, Elvis.
I’m looking forward to 2010. I hear you are supposed to call the year “twenty ten” rather than “two thousand ten.” I’m down with that!
Here’s hoping 2010 is good to all of us!
Tonight is going to be a quiet celebration at home for New Year’s. I have been invited to a couple of parties, but to be honest, I don’t fell up for a lot of socializing and partying. I think I would like to be at home in the peace and quiet, and maybe relax with a good movie and some internet surfing or games. I have great hopes for the New Year. I just don’t want to start my year in a crowded room with a lot of drunk people.
There are a dozen guitar legends in the rock and roll arena, but this is one of the first that I found and I’ll always love his music. He only plays a few charity events and special shows anymore, but I would love to see him on stage. Everyone playing with him looks like they are having a blast.
Wow – I have to upgrade my WordPress again. This is awful. I can’t do it myself, I have to pay my system administrator to take the time to back up my blog and then install the update. I didn’t realize that there would be so many updates in a year. I thought it would be a once a year type of thing. But this is the fifth one this year. That’s putting me out of pocket over $100 for a supposedly free program.
Did you see the moon at sunset today? Wow! It was a big orange harvest moon. Made the whole evening seem magical. Wish I had a good enough camera to take a picture of it.
Both of my favorite football teams are having rally bad seasons this year. The Titans have not won a single game. The Redskins lose games to the worst teams in the NFL.
It’s not much fun being a football fan this year.
Last month just flew by! September is always busy for my family. Lots of birthdays, a kickoff long weekend, and school is back in session. So the days get shorter and cooler, and next thing you know it is October!
Looking forward to pretty fall leaves and maybe a trip up to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg this year. Just to get away for a couple of days and appreciate Mother Nature again.
I was reading the Duke University publication today. They have an article about the longevity of some of their professors.
Professor Strandberg is one of their faculty members who have taught at Duke University for over 40 years.
Their Professor of Economics, Craufurd Goodwin, and their Professor of Chemistry, James Bonk, have both been there longer than Prof. Strandberg.
Prof. Goodwin has been the University for 54 years.
The State Fair was running all week but it has rained every single day. It has killed the fair attendance is everyone is mad that the fair is not making any money.
I’ve been to the Tennessee State Fair three times and each time it was a disappointment. Everything costs way too much money and it’s smaller than the county fairs that we had last month.
People are saying that today will be the last day of the State Fair being held in Nashville. I suppose they should start finding a new home for it – like Murfreesboro or Dickson. And they should make accomodations for most of it being under cover so that a week of rain doesn’t ruin everything.
I’m more interested in going to the county fairs anyway – they are so much bigger and a better value for my entertainment dollars.